Category Archives: Vegetable & Side Dishes

Indian Spiced Grilled Okra with Buttermilk Herb Dipping Sauce As the hot summer sun begins to sink into the horizon, we’re left with a few precious hours of milder temperatures and enough remaining light to enjoy a gathering of close friends and family Read on!

Without A Recipe: Potatoes This starchy tuber is a ubiquitous staple vegetable that’s been the heart of classic comfort meals at so many family gatherings. Whether it’s those famous buttery mashed potatoes, homemade hash browns, or the creamiest potatoes au gratin, everyone seems Read on!

Six of Our Favorite Global Summer Recipes We’ve been cooking in the New South for years – taking top-quality local ingredients and exploring recipes from all over the globe with them. We have an affinity for dishes created by cooks Read on!

Without a Recipe: Okra Originating in Ethiopia, the cultivation of okra spread across Western Africa, and from there to North America, with stops in Brazil, India, and the Caribbean along the way. We know it well fried and on the Read on!

Without a Recipe: Purple Hull Peas More peas, pretty please! Cowpeas (the family that includes black-eyed peas, creamer peas, and purple hull peas) are a Southern staple. Full of fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals, these legumes offer plenty to love. Read on!

Tomato Tart with Chevre and Basil When perfect ingredients are at your fingertips, all you really need to do is not mess them up. Inundated with recipes and cooking advice, it’s easy to overdo things. But when ingredients are grown Read on!

Summer’s Here Eggplant Caponata Our favorite part of summer is people. Shrieking, barefooted children who fall asleep in a pile, neighbors who come by for a drink and a bite that turns into dinner, new friends at barbecues, family we Read on!

Without a Recipe: Eggplant Eggplants come in all shapes and sizes – from the delicate, lavender-and-white striped Rosa Bianca to long, slender bright purple Japanese varieties. You’ll see them in shades of green, white, and a rainbow of purples. All Read on!